Youth by Matisyahu

Youth, released on March 7, 2006 through JDub and Epic, was Matisyahu's second proper studio album, arriving on the heels of the concert set Live at Stubb's. The singer born Matthew Paul Miller mixes spiritual devotion with reggae grooves, rock muscle and hip-hop beatboxing, and here he nudges that blend toward a slicker, radio-ready sheen while packing his lyrics with nods to his Jewish faith. The big theme is young people finding and using their voice, spelled out most plainly on the title track.

Lead single "King Without a Crown" was a carryover from Live at Stubb's, given a brand-new video. The album topped the iTunes sales list on release day, helped along by a pre-order promotion, then opened at number four on the Billboard 200 with more than 119,000 copies in its first week and went gold a month later. By late 2008 it had moved roughly 585,000 copies in the US.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.